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[kids] Previously on

Doubling Down with the Derricos.

-Excuse me. -[Deon] Oh, you so good.

Mommy's gonna love this. You're doing good.

I'm trying to teach Dawsyn how to ride this bike.

She's like, "I'm calling the shots."

[man] Dawsyn, where are you going?

[Dawsyn speaking]

The probability of relatedness

is 76.3%,

so that means you are

-my brother's child. -Yeah.

That means the world to me, I swear.

I hope that my love will fill his heart.

I hope that my love will fill his heart.

You're gonna need a pair of pliers

to get us off hugging you.

You're gonna need the jaws of life.

[Deon] Y'all puttin' a whoopin' on Poppy.

...because he was skinnier, a lot skinnier.

[Deon gasping]

[Deon] Woo, Jesus.

I came over to start my dating profile.

[kids] What?

[GG] Over all, I am feeling optimistic.

[Darian] Show a little what you're working with.

[GG] Because the tumor is starting to shrink.

[GG] Because the tumor is starting to shrink.

And I'm determined to live my best life.

If he only calls late at night,

he's only looking for one thing.

Maybe GG looking for the same thing.

[laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

Where is Deonee?

-Deonee's right there! -[Karen] That is Deonee.

-Where's Der-der? -Right here! Right there!

[GG] Right here!

-[kid] Der-der's! -[Dyver] Dawsyn.

-[kid] Der-der's! -[Dyver] Dawsyn.

Dawsyn?

Dawsyn's over there with somebody phone.

Hey, babies, y'all need to come down.

[kid] Den-den.

-I am so excited... -Mmm-hmm.

to finally sit down and break the news

with the rest of the family about Amani.

Oh, my gosh. Dyver.

[Deon] All righty.

GG and I have a huge announcement.

Uh, we have

a added family member.

a added family member.

[Derrick] [gasps] Are you pregnant again?

[Deon] No, she's not though. Mom's not pregnant again.

I was contacted by a young man that told me

that he was my...

nephew.

So her grandson?

-[Deon] Her grandson. -Yeah.

I'm confused.

I don't know how did he know

that GG

was his grandma.

And that confuses me a lot.

How could he be my nephew?

How could he be my nephew?

I do not know what a nephew is.

I know I heard of it.

-[Deon] Der? My brother Chris. -Oh, Uncle Chris?

So Uncle Chris had children as well.

-I don't know. -Nephew and cousin are,

kind of, like the same thing

as a cousin and nephew.

His name is Amani, who's 24.

And my brother died never

-knowing he existed. -Not knowing.

I remember Uncle Chris holding Dawsyn

when they were babies, and Derrick.

when they were babies, and Derrick.

I remember him playing Frisbee with us.

I actually remember having a lot of fun with him.

That kinda makes me sad because I used to play

-with Uncle Chris. -[Deon] Yeah.

It's a little sad because I'm younger than Amani

and I met his father.

But for him not to meet him, I know that hurts him

because knowing that,

"Oh, these are my little cousins and they met him."

So it's definitely gonna be emotional

for me just knowing that.

Hey, Poppy, are we gonna meet him?

Yes, you're gonna meet him. You're gonna meet him

when we go to Detroit for GG's birthday.

-So we will all meet him... -What?

-[kid] Wazzup, wazzup? -because he lives in Detroit.

I am so pumped.

I am so pumped.

GG's 73rd birthday

is coming up next week

and we get a chance to celebrate it

in our hometown of Detroit.

So, meeting Amani,

that just puts the icing on the cake.

So how are y'all feeling? Are y'all excited

-to meet him? -[all] Yes.

[Daician speaking]

-I'm excited. -There's always room

-in the Derrico household. -Yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

[Eric] We gotta go find Poppy some clothes, y'all.

[Eric] But no, y'all are gonna get y'all's another day.

With this is for Poppy.

Detroit is a swagged out city.

It is the mecca of a lot of things that we,

within the African-American community, hold dear.

So going back to Detroit, I gotta be swagged out.

[Dior speaking]

[Dior speaking]

-Ooh, De'aren. -[Darian] Come, let me take a picture of you.

-Oh, yeah. Oh! -[kid] Oh, yeah!

Hey, Deniko, I know you gonna wear this,

like, all the time. Everywhere you go,

you're gonna wear that.

Babies, no!

No, no, no, no, no!

This is definitely a handful,

having all 14 children of ours shopping together like this.

As far as they're concerned, this is

like a hide-and-go-seek store.

[Karen] Don't touch nothing in the store.

[Karen] Don't touch nothing in the store.

The things are nicely displayed for a reason.

You just gotta focus on them the whole time.

You gotta make sure they don't pick nothin' up.

Oh, my gosh. It's a job.

I like that.

-I really like that. -I do too, but it's an extra-large.

Now to you, this thing is tough.

But you gotta remember,

I haven't always been this size.

The Deon of yesteryear

roller-skated three times a week,

danced two to three times a week,

was very, very active,

and I had no children.

The Deon of right now

never roller-skate, never dance,

never roller-skate, never dance,

and I have 14 children.

Listen, I forgot to tell you,

I got the new 411 on GG.

-She met somebody online. -What?

So they're supposed to go on a date.

-How old is he? -I think 62.

Hmm, she a little cougar now...

[imitates growling cougar]

[Darian] That's not too young for GG?

-No. You see how GG is. -[Darian] Okay.

[Deon] She needs a man that's gonna keep up with her.

[Darian] Now that's the truth.

I mean, I don't know what it's like to have a grandfather,

-not that I wanna have-- -And he gonna be

-not that I wanna have-- -And he gonna be

no grandfather. Slow your roll.

He ain't gonna be your grandfather.

I feel like, you know, GG going on a date

is exciting.

As long as she has fun.

Yeah, have fun.

But not too much fun.

Something about the whole fact of dating

helps to keep you young.

Hey, baby, so how do I look in this?

Oh, you want me to tell you the truth?

-Yes. -Those lines

look very stretched.

-So what you think? -I think

you look like a churro.

Poppy loves chips

Poppy loves chips

and there's a lot of chips in there.

[Eric] A churro with cream filling.

[Deon] You know what? Everybody,

-just get all your fun out. -Poppy,

your stomach looks like mommy's pregnancy.

Ooh.

If you're serious, we can lose some weight

-this week, you know? -I'm serious.

You look so shape-y and overweight with belly,

so I imagine that he hate it,

and I hate it for him.

Maybe five pounds before the trip?

Enough to fit better in that shirt.

Seeing myself in this buttoned-up shirt

Seeing myself in this buttoned-up shirt

and how tight it is around my stomach,

that's a wake-up call.

I would like for my new nephew

to meet his, you know, swagged out uncle.

I'll take you up on that.

So y'all ain't gonna pick on him all week,

y'all gotta motivate him.

[upbeat music playing]

[Karen] Let's get in here, babies.

-Hello. -Hello.

This is Dawsyn, De'aren, and Dyver.

[Nicole] Hi! You guys are so cute.

-[Deon] Thank you. -[Karen] Thank you.

The triplets are pre-school of age now.

And with Awesome Dawsyn bein' born

with significant medical issues,

it delayed her development, mentally and physically.

Okay, Dawsyn. We're here for you today.

We already had her evaluated

with the school district here in our county,

so we're now meeting

with an educational specialist,

to, kind of, map out what Dawsyn's journey

will look like when she starts Pre-K.

De'aren and Dyver actually, although they were preemie,

they just stayed in the hospital

they just stayed in the hospital

for the first, like, two months

-and then they came home. -Okay.

But our little Awesome Dawsyn over here,

she was born with a heart defect,

so she had to have two open-heart surgeries.

-Oh, wow. -And our baby

definitely has been through a lot.

I remember when she code blue in the hospital.

So to see her over here playing with them and...

We're just blessed to have her still here with us,

it's special.

My little Awesome Dawsyn,

she and I have this really great special connection.

It's kinda unbelievable.

Because I remember the baby

that was in the incubator

and I wasn't sure

if we made it to...

second birthday, what that was gonna look like.

So to see where she is now,

I'm grateful for that.

Yeah. She's been through a lot.

So today I'm gonna assess Dawsyn

on cognitive and social skills,

-as well as some academic skills. -[Karen] Okay.

-as well as some academic skills. -[Karen] Okay.

Early intervention is great

because it could really hone in

on the skills that she needs to develop

for her to excel.

Can you put the block on top?

-Yay! -[cheering]

[Nicole] Good job!

We're sitting in here, we're excited

to see Dawsyn do her thing with the specialist.

[Nicole] Touch your nose then touch your mouth.

Good job!

-What is it? -Doggie.

-What is it? -Doggie.

[Nicole] Good job, Dawsyn!

[Karen] However, I don't know what

the specialist is about to tell me.

You know, we'd never had a baby

that at the beginning was so far behind.

Seven,

eight,

nine,

ten.

Yay!

I'm smart.

[Nicole] Guess what? We're all finished.

[Karen applauding]

-[Deon] Very good! -[Nicole] She did great.

It was a lot of fun working with her.

It was a lot of fun working with her.

Although she clearly wants to be over there.

-[Deon and Karen] Yes. -You can tell

they're not apart that much.

-They never are. Yeah. -[Karen] No. They've never been separated.

This isn't that far apart. And she was like,

-"I'm supposed to be over there." -[Deon] Yeah.

-Yup. -So based on my assessment

and the assessments that you got from the county,

she would qualify for an early intervention program.

And it looks, like,

she'll probably excel pretty quickly...

-Oh, good. -to the point where she may be able

-to skip a grade. -Wow.

To go from the struggles that she had,

To go from the struggles that she had,

to having someone saying she may need to be promoted,

that's how well she's doing.

-That's music to my ears as a parent. -[Karen] Mmm-hmm.

Of course, I know.

That's why we nicknamed her

Awesome Dawsyn.

But it's like, "Baby really is awesome."

Just so you know, she gets the smarts

from my side of the family.

-[laughing] -[Karen] Yeah.

There is an early intervention program

that has 12 students in a class.

-Mmm-hmm. -And there are some slots available,

-Mmm-hmm. -And there are some slots available,

but you would have to jump on it right away

-for this school year. -What about De'aren and Dyver?

Well, they would have to be assessed from the county

to see if they even qualify for the program.

So for this school year,

the other two probably wouldn't be able

to get into the program.

Oh, wow.

But we have our

-Awesome Dawsyn a spot. -[Deon] I get that.

But Awesome Dawsyn is connected with two other...

Multiple siblings.

I really want her to attend the program.

I know it means splitting up our babies

I know it means splitting up our babies

but, you know, the parent in me

is like, "I want my baby to thrive."

But when I found out that she'll be going

into the program alone,

that is where I'm putting on brakes.

Because they're a package.

[Nicole] I know that separating multiples is hard,

so I understand that.

-There's a lot of pros and cons... -[Deon] Mmm-hmm.

-Yeah. -in this situation.

Big cakes.

They're easy.

The spots are filling up fast, so I would suggest

The spots are filling up fast, so I would suggest

making a decision as soon as possible

because they're not gonna be there long.

Hmm.

We've never divided any of our multiples,

so now I'm just very apprehensive

because that doesn't feel good to me at all.

This is just a lot to really think about.

If we stay dedicated,

I guarantee you we lose five pounds.

-I don't think you can do it. -Oh, jeez...

At this rate, I'm gonna have to lose weight for him.

At this rate, I'm gonna have to lose weight for him.

Oh, my God. I'm tired.

-Pleased to meet to you. -How you doin'?

Pleased to meet you.

I'm very excited for her

to be going on this date,

but I'm also protective.

-What are your intentions? -This is a little bit

-embarrassing for me. -[Karen] Probably.

[laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

-[Deon] So this is it? -[Eric] Yeah, this is it.

You ready for this? You ready to get it in?

[Deon] Oh, no, I ain't ready for this.

That's gonna be a minute before Poppy turn into that.

If I'm gonna lose wait before we go to Detroit,

I have got to get my butt to the gym.

But it's going to be hard

and I am not looking forward

to trying to lose these five pounds either.

First line of business,

-we gotta get our weights. -Our weight?

Yeah, we gotta get on the scale.

Yeah, we gotta get on the scale.

You think y'all gonna see my weight?

Eric is a professional boxer,

so he's used to a certain level of hard work

when it comes down to working out.

I'm used to a certain level of hard work also,

and that's feeding my face.

All right. Here we go.

-[Eric] 208. -[Deon] What?

This lyin'-ass scale. I can't stand lyin' scales.

But the truth is in the scale.

If we stay dedicated for one week,

If we stay dedicated for one week,

I guarantee you we lose five pounds.

-I don't think you can do it. -You don't think I can do it?

[Derrick] Let's make a bet. You lose five pounds,

I do all my chores

and I don't get no allowance, okay?

But if I win, you need to do all my chores

-and I still get allowance. -So, you want me to work

-and you still get paid? -That's a bet.

All right. Better shake on it.

Well, Poppy's gonna have a very hard time

losing five pounds in one week

because he's not active like that.

This bet is easy money.

We're gonna do incline walk. Just five minutes.

This ain't the soul train.

I'm committed to trying to lose this weight this week.

We're going to Detroit,

I've gotta be swagged out in a smaller body.

I don't know why you trying to do his chores

-and pay him. -Sweat that thing up.

They're gonna be out here.

[Deon] I need to pace myself.

I know this workout is only gonna get harder.

With that 14 children, I'm tired.

I'm not tired, I'm tired.

I know I have really got to do something

because I've let myself go.

All right, y'all. So the next workout we're gonna do

All right, y'all. So the next workout we're gonna do

is the pull-up bar.

So we got this

or if you're advance,

you have your legs out.

You showing off now, Eric.

[Eric] All right. Let's see what you got, Derrick.

-[Derrick grunting] -[Eric] Breathe.

Inhale, exhale.

-Let me try. Let me try. -I can assist you too.

Oh, jeez...

-[Eric] Okay. -Oh, my God.

Oh! Wait a minute.

Oh, my God. I'm tired.

[Eric] He's slacking. At this rate,

[Eric] He's slacking. At this rate,

I'm gonna have to lose weight for him.

Poppy, I did that and you couldn't do that.

You talk so much trash.

Okay, y'all, I'm getting tired.

It's gonna be a great work out when you're lifting the dishes

from the dishwasher up to the cabinet.

You need to work on your trash-talking skills.

-They whack. -[laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[GG] I'm at Dr. Parikh's office

to get the scan.

On my last scan,

the tumor had shrunk some, so.

I'm looking forward to be gone.

I wanna really have good news

to share with my family,

share with Amani when I meet him,

let him know that he's gonna have me

for a lot more years.

I'm a little anxious.

Tad bit nervous,

but I'm very optimistic, so.

Here it goes.

Here it goes.

[upbeat music playing]

[Karen] Let's figure out what food we wanna eat.

What do you want?

Fries? What do you want?

Oh, she want pizza.

-Pizza it is. -[Dawsyn] I want a pizza.

Why do you... When I come in,

why do you all talking about food?

You think Poppy needs to lose weight?

-No. -Oh, baby.

Thank you.

My body's sore.

My body's sore.

I've got parts on my body I forgot was even there.

Derrico is still attractive.

He'll just be the more attractive without the belly.

-Y'all ready for nap? -Yes, Sherlock.

You can go sleep on mommy, like this.

I mean, Mommy don't have no belly like this.

Poppy coming on through.

[Karen] Listen. I'm all for Derrico

to get his pre-dad body back.

But I don't need him overworking in the gym.

I don't need him throwing his back out

and then now I'm around here having to take care of him

as well... [chuckles] with 14 children.

as well... [chuckles] with 14 children.

I was gonna talk you about our little Awesome Dawsyn,

trying to make a decision of her,

-you know, to school. -Okay.

She has the opportunity to go to a school

and potentially skipping a grade.

-Yeah. -I just wanna make sure

that we are both nurturing that

in giving it to her, giving her the opportunity.

Yeah. However, as much as I like hearing

that Dawsyn is doing so good,

I just have a issue

with separating them at this point

with separating them at this point

and they've only known the world

to be with each other.

Out of all of our multiples, we've never separated

any of them from each other, going to school.

Even the quintuplets, when they was in traditional school,

they were all together in that classroom.

I am torn because I understand both sides of it.

I want Dawsyn to have this benefit

of attending this school.

However, emotionally,

I know that that could be very challenging for her

and that's a lot to...

and that's a lot to...

think about with this.

So can we do a little small experiment?

So why don't I take Dawsyn one day

and you stay back with the other two

and kinda see how they do apart?

Just a little small experiment.

So I'mma keep the other two while you take Dawsyn...

-Mmm-hmm. -for a couple of hours or so?

-Mmm-hmm. -[Deon] Okay.

I've never split up any other of my multiples so,

you know, that's not a task taken lightly.

[sobbing] I don't wanna go through

[sobbing] I don't wanna go through

an emotional separation with them.

It's so hard.

So let me get my errands in check

so I can, you know, organize when she's gonna go with me.

And one of those errands is picking up the grocery.

Is there anything that you want.

-And whole grain-- -Let's have some donuts,

and chips, some ice cream.

-Wow. You don't even try. -[Deon] That's what I want.

We'll I'm trying. I didn't say we'll eat it right now.

I gotta lose five pounds, Ma.

-Yeah. -I mean, my sexy just gone.

Yes!

Yes!

Will you please stop it? Will you please stop it?

[Karen] Oh.

All right. Come on, Mama.

-Bye. -All right. Bye. Mwah.

We've never done a child separation.

I'm definitely nervous about to see how it's gonna go.

All right, baby.

[upbeat music playing]

[children chattering]

Yeah, you look like GG.

Awesome Dawsyn.

[Deon] Oh, here's mommy. Come on, we gotta go.

Come on. Let's go. Let's go.

And my De'aren.

-Oh, my God. -[Deon] [indistinct]

-[Dawsyn] Mommy. -[Karen] Yes, baby?

-Do I get your shoes? -[Deon] Because there's a sock.

You know you have to go somewhere.

Yeah, yeah!

We've never done, like, a child separation

like we're doing today.

like we're doing today.

I'm definitely a little nervous about it

to see how it's gonna go.

You have some fun things planned for the two of them

to keep their minds occupied?

It consists of how long we can keep your eyelids closed.

It's gonna be Poppy's nap time, right?

Our triplets are not used to being separated.

They wake up together. They eat lunch together.

They go to bed together. And that's how we've done

with all of our multiples.

So to have them separated for, like,

-two or three hours like this? -Mmm-hmm.

I think they're going to experience

some sense of separation anxiety.

some sense of separation anxiety.

[Karen] Oh.

All right. Come on, Mama.

-Bye. -[Karen] Bye.

Mwah. I'll see you later.

My job is easier with these two

than Karen's job is gonna be with Dawsyn.

Because De'aren and Dyver, still have each other.

Let's go have some Poppy time, okay?

[De'aren] Okay.

Come on.

[upbeat music playing]

-[Karen] Hi. -[attendant speaking]

-We're good. -[attendant speaking]

Ready to have some fun, Awesome Dawsyn?

Ready to have some fun, Awesome Dawsyn?

She's, like, running up to me.

Yeah, so I'm just gonna let her play for a little bit.

Let's try the market. You wanna go there?

You don't wanna go to the market?

Come on. Let's try the market.

I was gonna take my little Awesome Dawsyn with me

to run some errands.

But then I thought, "Why don't I take her

to a place that will resemble a preschool?"

Oh, Dawsyn.

Look at the market!

Hopefully, Dawsyn will be able

to let her imagination run wild.

to let her imagination run wild.

She'll let loose a little bit in here.

Let's put your milk in there.

Oh, Dawsyn is shopping.

What else do you want?

[Karen] Huh? You want the cookies.

[Karen] Yeah.

[Karen gasps]

Who is it for?

That's Dyver's banana?

Oh.

Oh, baby, he's at home.

[dramatic music playing]

[De'aren speaking]

You've missed De'aren and Dyver?

Aw, Mama.

I'm sure they miss you too.

I thought that things is gonna be,

I thought that things is gonna be,

like, smooth sailing, right?

It's gonna be good.

But Dawsyn became fixated

on trying to find De'aren and Dyver.

I really want her to be comfortable here

but I just don't think it's happening.

Dawsyn.

[De'aren speaking]

You're sad? Why are you sad?

-Not here. -No. She's not.

-Dawsyn is crying? -[Dyver] Uh-huh.

[Deon] It's even harder than I'd had imagined.

It's all right, baby.

So I can only imagine the level of confusion

that's going on in all of their heads

and how do we convey to them

that we know this doesn't feel normal.

Well, you've been so strong for your big sister.

This is that moment that I was afraid of.

It's what it speaks to,

"Yeah, we have to think this thing through."

"Yeah, we have to think this thing through."

Yeah, I know. Oh, Poppy.

Oh.

Okay?

[upbeat music playing]

Well, I'm here at the gym

and this has been a J-O-B.

But I am motivated.

You know, I've eaten my salad.

And I got this.

I'm carrying my own desires

I'm carrying my own desires

to look my very best.

I refuse to buy clothes that are larger size.

I'm getting my sexy back.

[upbeat music playing]

GG, I'm gonna help you look your best.

Well, you always do, my darling.

[Darian] Okay.

-How's that feel? -How does it look?

It looks... No, it looks good. Just trust me on this.

GG's date is coming over and I'm sorta living

GG's date is coming over and I'm sorta living

vicariously through her because, first of all,

I don't even have a dating life.

But hopefully one day,

GG will be the one helping me get ready for a date.

Are you nervous or excited?

Excited.

Maybe a little bit.

But nervous, nah. You know, I'm 72.

I don't went through all them nervous stages.

So you don't get butterflies anymore?

No. I haven't had a butterfly in so long.

See, I just feel like this guy will be

an ex... Experience.

an ex... Experience.

Yeah, who knows, he may give me

-a butterfly. -Yeah.

[Karen] Du, du, du, du, du,

do your dance, Dawsyn.

-[doorbell dings] -[Eric] Yeah, Dawsyn.

[Deon] Hello. You must be William.

-How you doing? -Oh, look at you.

-All right. Thank you. -You know, how to win over someone.

-Oh, well, I'm gonna try. -My name is Deon.

-Okay, Deon. Okay. -I'm Marian's son.

[Deon] Hey, GG, can you come down?

I can see why William is her type.

He knew to bring flowers.

His youth is fitting for GG.

His youth is fitting for GG.

Like he feels, like, he's her speed.

Oh, my God. Who are the kids?

-How you doing? -Yeah, these are...

These are my babies. This my wife.

-This is William. -[Karen] Hi.

Oh, my Gosh.

This is... This is Eric.

-I don't trust boys or girls. -Yeah.

I don't want GG to date because he's just too much.

And even though he looks like he's a nice man,

looks can be deceiving.

He's gonna come over at times

that we don't want him to come over.

No, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I don't wanna call him grandpa.

I don't wanna call him grandpa.

No.

Oh, how you doing, young lady.

-Nice to meet you. -How you doing. Pleased to meet you.

-How you doing. -[Deon] All right. All right.

-These are for you. -[Eric] [indistinct]

Oh, these are nice. Thank you.

[GG] William is like his profile picture.

He's a nice dresser.

Handsome guy.

But that just don't always move me.

I wanna, kinda get a feel of what's up

under that nice look.

[Deon] I have one little question.

What are your intentions?

What are your intentions?

-Oh, my God. -My intentions is...

This is a little bit embarrassing.

-[Karen] Probably. -[laughing]

I thought I've become the parent

and my mother's my child.

I'm very excited for her to be going on this date.

But I'm also very protective

to make sure that I don't have to get down and dirty

and let these Detroit streets come out of me.

Well, we're gonna go out, talk, I'm old-fashioned.

-Okay. I appreciate that. -All the way old-fashioned.

Because GG's a little fast, so you gotta... You gotta be--

-[overlapping chatter] -So that means

-[overlapping chatter] -So that means

I gotta slow her down a little bit.

-Pump the brakes. -[laughing]

Yeah, my family is taking him through all this crap.

What happens if this happens to be a guy that I might like?

Now that... They made me sweat.

-Can we leave now? -So we did our job then?

Yeah, we're making sure you're good, William.

-[Deon] All right. I gotta... -Nice meeting you, my brother.

And what is your license plate?

-Huh? -What's your license plate?

In case I gotta pull out an APB.

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I do this all the time,

-so it's natural. -Oh, do you?

You do it all the time?

For a long time, I've not had a guy

make me feel twitchy in the shoulders.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah, absolutely.

The last time, I was 12,

and I got my first kiss

from Skippy.

You look fabulous today, yeah. Well, thank you.

-So do you. -[William] Thank you.

-So do you. -[William] Thank you.

Skippy held my face

and he kissed my mouth.

Everything about me felt good,

and he moved away.

I never even knew his real name.

And I know I was young

but I've never had that again.

So yeah, my greatest love was Skippy.

William, what is your backstory?

From New York. I have two kids.

My son's 41. My daughter's 40.

My son's 41. My daughter's 40.

I moved down here in 2009.

Why? Why did you move here?

Because I started vacationing here

-and I just love it out here. -Yeah, I like it too.

I just like to have fun.

-[GG] I do too. -I love the laugh, gotta laugh.

[GG] That is definitely one thing I look for.

Oh, okay. If you don't make me laugh...

-[William] Oh, okay. -that is a deal breaker.

GG, she's a very beautiful lady.

She's just so pleasant and it is going pretty good.

I think everything is clicking,

both just feeling each other out.

So what's your backstory?

So what's your backstory?

Tell me a little bit about yourself.

Well, I had two children,

lost one in, um...

January of 2020, yeah.

My condolences.

[GG] Thank you. That was a lot for me.

-So it's two of us now. -[William] Yeah.

Life is so hard. I just lost my dad in '96.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

He developed bladder cancer, so.

-Took a lot out of me. So... -Of course it did.

-I know how you feel. -[GG] Yeah.

Recently, I, tackled some health challenges as well.

Recently, I, tackled some health challenges as well.

-Lung cancer. -Oh, okay. Wow.

Yeah, but the Lord is not gonna let me

-get too weak with it. -Yeah.

-You know what I mean? -Yes, yes,

I know what you mean.

What made me open up to William

about my lung cancer,

he had lost his dad, he had taken care of his dad.

So it did gave me a certain sense of relief

because now I'm here speaking to somebody

that truly understands.

that truly understands.

It's good to have somebody to share

certain feelings like that with.

So when you hear God

performing miracles, you're looking at one.

-Oh, okay. God is amazing. -Yes, he is.

-Amazing, you know. I'm glad to hear that. -Yes, he is.

I feel the same way

and I don't walk the straight

and narrow all the time.

I don't walk the straight and narrow

most of the time.

Even though I haven't gotten

the results of this last scan,

the results of this last scan,

I am so sure that it would be a change,

a change for the better.

So the family rallies around you, right?

Yeah. That's one thing about having a close-knit family.

-Yeah all linked to each one of 'em... -Yeah. Yeah.

brings something totally different...

-Different. -to family.

Let's have a toast.

New beginnings.

New beginnings.

I had a good time.

And if William asks me on another date,

And if William asks me on another date,

I might would go on another date with him

but it would just simply be as friends.

He have some very good qualities about him

but I'm still looking for that person

who's gonna make my shoulders twitch.

What does GG stands for?

Glamorous Grandma.

GG. Okay.

Grandma got it going on.

Well, thank you.

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Triplins.

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You take that frosting off,

you are following on to Mommy's footsteps.

I eat frosting.

That's just too thick for me.

Oh, my God,

all these snacks...

Here, here. You can help us.

Here, here. You can help us.

-You're gonna sabotage my diet? -Yes.

-[Derrick] Yes. -I don't want none of that.

I don't want no cupcakes.

I'm trying not eat no chips.

I don't even like the smell on chips.

I made a bet with Derrick

that if I don't lose five pounds this week,

I will do his chores.

So I started 208,

the number I wanna see on that scale

is 203 pounds.

I wanna see that.

All right. This is the moment we've been waiting for.

-[Deon] Yo, we got... -We got a whole week.

[Karen] Oh, oh, drumroll please.

[Deon] I hear... You're gonna hear it, yo.

Oh, why am I scared?

I saw Poppy taking snacks

the whole week.

Cakes, donuts, cookies.

Everything you can imagine.

[Eric] Are you still 208?

Come on, 203.

I say Poppy's gonna lose the bet

because, you know, like he was eating cupcake,

he was eating cinnamon rolls, he was eating some donuts.

Let me get a peep on this right here.

[Derrick] Ooh.

I'm down two pounds.

[Karen laughing]

That's for two pounds.

If it was 20 pounds, it would have been,

"Oh, my God!"

I'm down two pounds.

I cheated and I didn't exercise

like I was supposed to.

So no, I didn't do at all

what I should have been doing in order to lose five pounds.

But with all going on,

I mean, when and how can I?

So here's your allowance Derrick.

So here's your allowance Derrick.

Ain't even the allowance for me,

it's the fact that me having to do his chores.

[Derrick speaking]

Good times. Good times.

All right. So it's done.

Get outta here.

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-Hmm. -I'm amazing.

-[Karen] Oh, my gosh. -Oh, my God.

Karen, will you be able to honestly

-help me out these chores? -No,

I ain't doing that.

You made your own bed, you lie in it.

I didn't make up the bed either.

I didn't make up the bed either.

I'm glad I lost two pounds, babe.

I honestly didn't think I lost any.

I think a lost a little weight too at that...

-No, please stop. -No, I didn't, baby.

Stop it.

I think I did too though

because of the stress.

I was trying to figure out Dawsyn in school.

Well, I've been thinking about it

and I want all three of them to succeed.

I don't really want this for Dawsyn

that I'm excluding the other two.

-Mmm-hmm. -They're way too young

to even think about being separated.

to even think about being separated.

Seeing Dawsyn, you know, not be okay

without De'Aren and Dyver.

[Deon] Who is that?

[Karen] Hi, baby.

Dawsyn.

Oh, you're giving love.

It makes me question a little bit more like,

"Hmm, maybe Derrico is right,

that separating the triplets this soon

is not the best for them."

What I think I'll do is have them evaluated

What I think I'll do is have them evaluated

for the same program next year

and see if maybe all three of them get in.

And in the meantime, just bring in a teacher,

you know, to just work with them

and keep them up to the right standards

-they need to be in. -Yeah, I like that.

All three babies will thrive together.

Thank you, baby.

I feel like everyone wins.

We bring a specialist in

who could help hone in on Dawsyn's abilities

and also maybe bring the other two up to Dawsyn's speed.

That way, their bond isn't compromised at all.

That way, their bond isn't compromised at all.

So me bringing in a teacher,

there's a small room

that we're gonna have all 14 children

being educated under.

But it is what it is.

It's our life right now.

So, Ma, you know, I've been on pins and needles,

what's going on with your CAT scan?

You know what?

It's larger than it was in July.

Oh, wow.

Yup.

[sobbing]

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[upbeat music playing]

[kids chanting]

[all cheering]

He won. Look at his little arm.

-Ma, look at Dior's arm. -[laughter]

So Mother, what happened with your date?

Oh, the date was nice.

He's a nice guy and we had good conversation

and, you know, with no love connection

but it was a nice date.

but it was a nice date.

Yeah, so it wasn't bad?

-No. It wasn't. -Yeah.

And overall you liked him as a person?

-That's it, yeah. -Yeah.

I still feel good

just going on a date, just getting out.

-Ready for your nap? -You ready for your nap?

-No. -All right. Go ahead.

Go on over there.

But now that I'm older,

I know when something it's not working,

I'm cutting it off

'cause with things that's going on now,

I don't have the time to invest in it.

If it ain't gonna work from the beginning,

let's go on with our life.

So, Ma, you know, I've been on pins and needles,

what's going on with your CAT scan?

what's going on with your CAT scan?

You know what?

My recent scan

-is smaller than April... -Uh-hmm.

but it's larger than it was in July.

It grew a little bit from where it shrunk to?

Yes. Yes.

But, he think that I'll get better results

with the traditional chemo.

Oh, wow.

Traditional chemo was just so rough on me.

When I took it the first time in 2014,

that was so, so scary for me.

that was so, so scary for me.

I remember him mentioning that at some point,

no, we will consider doing this option.

How many treatments do you have to do?

I think he said

three treatments to four treatments.

What is it? How many weeks apart?

Every three weeks.

He wanted to get me started

right away but I said no.

I didn't wanna do traditional chemo anymore

because the first time just had me so wiped out,

just so tired.

It was a struggle to make myself breathe.

It was a struggle to make myself breathe.

I just never want that again.

The last time GG had to do traditional chemo,

I wondered like, "How is she gonna make out of this?"

So just now hearing this, I'm just already envisioning

all that I know we went through nine years ago

where the only silver lining

is, hopefully this will really be

in very aggressive on killing what it needs to kill

and saving what it needs to save

which is my mother.

which is my mother.

It's overall still promising.

We're still going in the right direction moving forward.

-That's how I feel. -Well, I don't know.

I'm just... I'm not...

I'm not...I'm not there.

For me, I just feel like if that didn't shrunk

with the amino therapy and he suggesting this new one,

I feel like that's a good sign.

I don't really wanna do it.

Oh, wow.

But maybe now that I don't got started

trying to get this thing under some kind of control,

trying to get this thing under some kind of control,

I should probably just follow through.

This is gonna really, really make me fatigued.

Well, I am honestly very glad.

I mean, that it was your decision.

-Uh-hmm. -Hopefully, he'll see major shrinkage.

-Yes. Yes. -He'll see major shrinkage or gone.

-Which would mean hopefully... -Yes, gone.

you won't have to do it again.

The last few years,

I've had so many things that happened.

You know, getting a diagnosis

and then losing Chris just...

and then losing Chris just...

It's like each thing

brought about a different type of trauma.

I don't want my energy level

challenged like that when I go to Detroit.

So I'mma have something started when I get back.

I swore I'd never do traditional chemo again

but I felt like meeting Amani is God's way

of giving me a new purpose

to my life, if you will.

And I...

think about it and get very emotional.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Yup.

You have to have good mental health

while dealing with the challenges of anything

with the "C" word.

So it's important that I give that strength

to keep her reminded of the importance

of staying mentally strong

so that she can continue to fight this.

Oh.

Yeah, so...

-[both sobbing] -Yeah.

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-[upbeat music playing] -[GG speaking]

[narrator] Next time on

Doubling Down with the Derricos.

Okay, well, now hey, yo,

that's where Poppy and Mommy met, right there.

that's where Poppy and Mommy met, right there.

I'm finally taking all of my family to Detroit.

It brings back

-so many memories. -Awesome around here.

And so I'm excited to be able

to introduce this to my children.

Welcome to the smack talking era.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

You know, your dad just moonwalk

from to class to class.

Have you ever told your kids about some party

-you used to have? -No. Oh, no.

[laughter]

When I come to town, it's important for me

to see my girls.

So how is everything going?

The doctor wants me to start on chemo

The doctor wants me to start on chemo

when I get back home. The thought of it,

it's just something that I just don't even

wanna think about.

-Hey. Hey. -Hey, Grandma.

We're finally meeting my nephew, Amani.

Okay. Let's go down here and check out Chris.

I'm still haunted by the past of Chris

and the thing that he should have and didn't.

I'm gonna take the chemo to, heal my body.

But can't take nothing, to heal the past.

Yeah.

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